WAX leans into community

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The WAX community is crucial to the success of the WAX platform. Games can be copied, even NFTs can be copied, but what matters is the community, so says Mike Rubinelli, GM and head of studio for WAX blockchain and the man tasked with taking the Blockchain Brawlers to the next level.

The success of the Blockchain Brawlers has really taken off and Rubinelli is really pleased with the enthusiasm of the would-be gamers.

“The actual game is about a month off, but Discord is filled with lots of questions and we have WAX people in there engaging with our community. There are more than 11,000 eager WAX supporters in the new BC Brawlers Discord and we are keen to give them a good experience,” says Rubinelli.

Launched just before the holidays, the quirky Blockchain Brawlers are going to be the rowdiest Play2Earn game in the metaverse.

The first 100 Brawlers is a rare mix of four editions giving collectors a rare chance to buy one or more of the more valuable NFTs. The Brawlers will then be integrated into an upcoming Play2Earn game of bonkers wrestlers with equally weird and wonderful personalities. People playing the game act as managers as they send their Brawler NFTs to fight in the colourful world of wrestling.

Already NFT auctions on Binance NFT have resulted in total sales of more than $530k and this week another rare Brawler went for in excess of $13k. Their scarcity has driven up the price but WAX took a popular and brave decision to increase the number of packs this week and reduce the price so more people could purchase and engage.

Another big issue facing the community is the presence of bots that can easily purchase packs in nanoseconds, far faster than a human being can key in their credit card. For this reason, WAX has introduced a whitelist programme where real people can undertake a number of tasks such as following on Twitter, joining Discord and adding their WAX wallet to an ID master list.

“This gives the genuine community an opportunity to purchase over bots,” says Rubinelli.

As excitement grows to the upcoming game, details are being shared on the website.  It is themed as a Brawl. Earn. Craft. Repeat. experience.

Players will need at least one Brawler and one Ring to start wrestling. In the Rare and Legendary Rings, players can enter more than one Brawler to wrestle simultaneously – just as real fights. Other advantages include the addition of brass knuckles and steel chairs – or just the normal accoutrements for real life wrestlers.

Post battle, players can check how they Brawler did in terms of BRWL earned or Gold NFTs dropped as the exhausted Brawlers time out for 60 minutes between bouts. The extra BRWL or Gold can be used to heal Brawlers, craft enhanced rings or stronger Brawlers or even more outrageous gear.

Rumours have also reached this page that there is an ambassador programme in development. No amount of BRWL could loosen the tongues of those in charge but watch this space for more community centric programmes and even more exciting guest wrestler appearances…

Source: https://www.blockleaders.io/wax-leans-into-community/